Who are you? An Exploration of Identity at the Edge of Tech

The 2008 Online Journalism Class at the University of Western Ontario looks at how technology changes our identity and our idea of identity.

Are you facebook profile? The sum total of all your Twitter? Is your status message really your state of mind, your avatar how you really look? Do your Seesmic videos and You Tube clips capture the real you? Are your texts your thoughts? Your flickr pictures how you see the world? Your blog, your life? Really? Who are you?

This multi-part, multimedia series takes on the issue of identifying identity when human beings can engage in the real world and project themselves, or pieces of themselves into virtual worlds, virtual communities and virtual conversations with increasing ease.

Each episode will contain a podcast on the rabble podcast network, a video clip on rabbletv and rabble's You Tube channel and a feature story right here on rabble.ca. Look for new episodes each week over the next three months.

Who are we? We're over three dozen students in the Online Journalism program and the University of Western Ontario. We're learning to tell great stories, new ways. Hope you like these.

Social media as the new frontier for NGOs
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Mar 12 2009
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Kelly Quance, Matt Puddister, Salma Tarikh, Sylvia Squair
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In an increasingly interconnected world, social media may provide the most direct way of helping NGOs publicize their causes to potential recruits.

Jewish identity in a digital age
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Mar 5 2009
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Britt Aharoni, Michelle Higgins, Natalia Halec, Natasha Marar, Shobhita Sharma
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The Internet is playing a significant role in helping Jews makes such discoveries about their family history.

Eating Disorders Online
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Feb 27 2009
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rabbleTV
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A shocking look into the &quot;pro-ana&quot; (pro-anorexia) community and a response from those who have made it through the experience.

Second Life, second identity
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Feb 12 2009
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Alexis Brown, Emily Burke, Jill Buchner, Kate Kurys
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Linden Labs is one company that has experienced economic strain. But if it were to close its doors, it wouldn't just put people out of jobs, it would put millions of people out of their second home.

Second Life, second identity
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Feb 12 2009
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rabbleTV
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<span>Kate Kurys, Alexis Brown, Emily Burke, Jill Buchner explore the second life that some people are choosing to live - virtually on the internet. </span>